The Hawaiian gazette., 1887-06-21

same station but of less exalted rank
said that Prince William had q
mind Of his own. This is eminently
true as regards the management Of
his own household. His mother, the
Crown Princess and daughter of
Queen Victoria, who rules her hus-
band, thought she would rule her son
as well when the latter grew up to
manhood. In this she soon found
that she was mistaken. Marrying her
son to poor little second-rate Prin
cess she imagined that she would
thereby tie the young couple to her
apron strings much IN the same man
ner that her mother carries about with
her Princess Beatrice and little Bat
tenberg Prince William, though
marrying in accordance with the
wishes Of his parents, drew the lines
| as soon as the ceremony was per
formed between final devotion and
the independence of prospective
father and Emperor with startling
! distinctness. He insisted upon a
separate household and q separate
establishment as well from the very
start While freeing his wife, pretty,
Mandy PANTY, but extremely dull
witted Princess, from the influence of
her mother-in-law, he placed her under
his own domination to such an extent
as 70 produce friction and lead to
much marital unhappiness. 1t Is no
secret inst the young couple do not
live happily together He shuns her
society and she breads his, He seeks
consolation at times IN the company
OF people IN which 8 husband, q father
and Prince should never be seen,
and she has acquired a penehant for
extremely stupid and Of course indis-
Greet hirtations which constantly
make her the subject Of gossip.
1t Is not so very long ago that some
correspondents of foreign newspapers
here exploited with bated breath and
with all reserve" mentioning no
names, the 6oings Of Prince Of the
royal blood who ended night pleas
ure with some boon companions at a
house, the reputation Of which was
never considered of the best by slap
ping the face Of one Of his friends. g
young officer Of the Guards. OF course
the company were all more or less
under the influence Of the good cheer
furnished by the house, and precisely
how the quarrel arose or whether
there was any proyocation rnot seems /
therefore immaterial. At any rate the
young officer was found the next
morning IN the outskirts Of the town, !
dead, with bullet through his heart /
He had committed suicide What /
other course, according to German /
notions, was left open to the poor /
devil? The Prince who had slapped |
his face was no other than the future |
Emperor Of Germany. He could not /
meet him on the field Of honor, the |
disparity save the marki-being /
too great between the two. And as (
for knocking him down for the insult 4
as an American or anybody whose in /
tellect Is not elouded by tradition and +.
prejudice would have done-it was
not to be thought of. The divinity
that does hedge King is Of thousand I
fold intensity IN Germany compared 4
TO what It IS elsewhere. So this young 1
man paid with his life the penalty Of I
his indiscretion IN keeping his cheek 1
within easy distance Of the royal
hand 1t seems strange, doesn't 1t,
and scarcely credible II this nine
tenth century OF ours2 But it Is
fact What seems TO me the saddest
part OF all Is that IN q country which
sometimes prides itself upon Its en-
hghtenment, It's progress and even its
advance toward & constitutional gov
ernment-that IN such q country the
press remains silent and has not 4
single word to say On such occurrence.
Of course the average paper does not
dare to endanger its existence by the
publication Of such fact; but one
would think that at least one out Of
the thousands Of prints issued daily
IN this country would have the cour-
age to shed some light upon this mat
ter and then die dignifed death
But here people talk about this thing
a II 1t were perfectly natural that It
should be so and ind no fault with
the Prince, nor have sUght to say
except an occasional word Of pity for
the fate Of the young officer. The
whole episode reads almost like
century chapter OF lie
ROi s'amuse
make mention Of this incident II
the Princes life not so much because 7
It reflects discredit upon him as for
The purpose OF showing the direction
rom which danger threatens the
future ruIerof Germany. It Is II one
Eord-Homen- The number of those
Who have had the distinction" Of at
racing his attention IS said by those
Who pretend to know to be eonsiders
DE. What II he should stumble one
lay upon fzTorite who would know
low to govern him2 He neglects his
wife, as I have already said. and vii
Don abandon her entirely, for she has
10 charms capable OF attracting OF
him It Is true that his
i1s0zs have so far been confined to
he lower classes OF society, and Is